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"They're NOT my minion! They're YOUR sidekick! I'm teaching them to kick my ass because YOU are neglecting your hero-mentorship duties!"
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🐦🔥Aria, The Girl on Fire!🐦🔥
I HAVE NO WORDS EXCEPT AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Thank you SO SO much @ketto-art for bringing my girl to life in a series that means so much to me, and has for so long 😭❤️❤️❤️ its been such a fixation this trilogy will stay with me forever and I already wanna read the books again!! (Even though I only just re read them for the umpteenth time LOL)
I’ve been musing THG AUs with friends and my GIRL has soo much in common with Katniss whom I treasureeee 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ whilst still being her own version! But I simply HAD to pay homage hehehe 👹🐦🔥🔥🏹✨
I’m so so excited for more and I cannot wait to work with you again!! Thank you so so much!! 🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️
“If we burn, you burn with us…”
Welp I know it's winter but things are getting heated up around here...
HAPPY 2026!!
What a better way to start the New Year than by offering you some hot stuff! How about my third commission? This one is quite detailed so be warned ~
This time is thanks to @seb-in-the-shadows-2 once again! She offered me her lovely oc Aria and @elisalsaa's oc Liam on their wedding day 😏 Sneak peek below ~
You know were to find it! Run to my carrd right neow!!
(🔗 in my bio for full reveal👀)
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MY DUMBASS FORGOT TO REBLOG FML
I LOVE LOVE LOVE ITTT THANK YOU SO MUCH ALLIE!! 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️👹👹👹✨✨✨
Once again you absolutely floor me with your art and I LOVE it sm and THEM sm and it just makes me all the more excited for an opportunity to comm you again beloved!
Keep up the amazing work, it is HOT HOT HOOOTTT 🔥🔥🔥🔥
🌙 a longing that i’ve never known 🥀
Thank you so so much to @giselsann for bringing Relisa to life as one of @elisalsaa’s absolute favourites as a present!! Riyuu x Elisa as Jack the Pumpkin kinngggggg as if they’re straight out of a Tim Burton film!!
✨soft asks✨
What song makes you feel better?
What is your go to comfort show?
Reading or writing? Why?
Whats your favorite feeling?
How do you like to take care of yourself?
What’s your favorite candle scent?
Who do you feel most like yourself around?
Whats a fabric/texture that’s nostalgic for you?
Best childhood moment?
When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? (or just felt really good afterwards)
Do you have a comfort item? Tell us about it!
What calms you down?
Bath or shower to relax?
Whats something upcoming that you’re excited for?
Comfort food?
What’s something you want to create soon?
How do you feel best loved?
What age in life do you think you’ll feel most yourself at?
Have you ever written or received a love letter?
Tell us about a memory you hold close to your heart.
Tea, Coffee, or hot cocoa?
Name of your favorite playlist?
Have you ever received flowers?
Who is your bestfriend?
If your soul was a color, what would it be?
If you could live anywhere with anyone you want, where would it be and who would you bring?
Do you like to garden? Have you ever grown something?
What are you proudest of?
Are you a kind person?
What do your hobbies look like?
Soft asks! These are cute 🥰✨
I made a roleplay blog for Aria as well LMAOOO
Hi there!!💕 for the soft asks prompt 💜
6. What’s your favorite candle scent?
8. Whats a fabric/texture that’s nostalgic for you?
25. If your soul was a color, what would it be?
Hey gorgeous! Thanks for stoppin’ by 😌❤️
6. Hmmm… this is tough, there are so many nice ones, and honestly i’m not that picky. But I really like ocean/beach scented candles or like outdoorsy like a forest kinda smell.
8. Leather, 100%. My first real leather bike jacket, it feels like freedom just thinkin’ about it.
25. I love this question, it’s such a cool concept. I think maybe red. I think of red when I think of myself. ‘Looks dangerous, perceived as deadly. But is actually a colour of healing.
HI ARIII ♥️♥️♥️
can we see the answers to 7, 9, 23, and 24 for Aria, please? 💕
KISSES TO YOU XXX
LUCCCYYY ❤️❤️❤️ hello my love!!
Coming right up! Fresh out of the oven, some warm, toasty, sweet Aria lore-
KISSES RIGHT BACK!! XXX
Aria:
7. How do they die?
I am a sucker for a happy ending, and because I love her dearly as well, Aria is going to live a long and joyful life. She will pass peacefully, knowing just how loved she is by those who knew and cherished her even long after she leaves this plane of existence.
She may experience many close calls, and arduous fights, she will live and honour those who may not have been so lucky, by doing her best to live well.
9. How are they mentally?
[Answered in this ask!: https://www.tumblr.com/seb-in-the-shadows-2/805019554803777536/hi-ariaaaaaaaa-i-hope-i-get-the-honor-of]
23. What hurts them most?
Ooooh this is a toughy, but i’d have to say if a loved one - or one whom opinion she values deeply - were to criticise her character as a person or were they to immediately judge her actions as a malicious act in some shape or form.
If someone she trusted were to misunderstand her without the wherewithal to consider other perspectives or some such, that hurts her deeply, more so after similar treatment experienced during childhood in particular.
This and seeing her loved ones hurting.
24. Biggest secret?
Another one that feels a bit tough! I love it as it offers the opportunity to expand on her character and lore 🥰
I would say that she keeps moments, particularly certain traumas, from her personal life secret. Particularly egregious ones that she didn’t quite realise were awful until hearing it reflected back or hearing similar experiences from loved ones.
Most of all in the HL verse though, would be that she wouldn’t have informed the authorities- or in fact anyone else- of Sebastian killing his uncle…
Aria!! Beloved!!
1, 4, 9, and 10 for both of these babies pretty please!!💗💕💞💓
AMANDA MY BELOVEDD!!! 🥰❤️
Thank you sm for your ask love!! 😌❤️✨ and thank you for saying my babies are pretty hehe they’re blushing uwu~
Both:
1. Can they swallow a pill?
Aria: Yes, though not those monstrously large ones- or at least, not without some tries. She sometimes struggles to immediately swallow two at a time.
Riyuu: I had to hold him back from answering with a dirty joke, but yes, yes he can -
4. What language do they speak?
Aria: Aria learnt French at school, and dabbles in languages, picking them up with relative ease and enjoying learning as she goes - especially if she gets to visit places in the world where the language is spoken!
Riyuu: Despite being half Japanese, he grew up in England in HL, so he doesn’t know it. Languages come along with difficulty for Riyuu, though he would like to learn in order to honour his heritage that he once tried to erase, in a maladaptive attempt of ‘dealing with’ (coping with) his abandonment.
9. How are they mentally?
[Answered in this ask!: https://www.tumblr.com/seb-in-the-shadows-2/805019554803777536/hi-ariaaaaaaaa-i-hope-i-get-the-honor-of]
10. How are they physically?
Aria: Aria finds exercises for the sake of exercising REALLY boring, tedious at best. She plays for sport, mostly Quidditch or taking up dancing for exercise, as well as her cave exploration- as these experiences are far more worth her time and energy.
So whilst she is no physical wonder, she is fairly fit and strong - more than she may appear, as she is fairly soft and curvy.
If you see her running you should start running too, as something is probably chasing her LOL-
Riyuu: Riyuu has a short attention span so his reps in the gym or runs etc are fairly short lived before needing to move onto something else like weights or something at the very least.
He too plays for sport but takes it far less seriously and more as a means of fun than actual exercise.
It’s a miracle he doesn’t wheeze with every sprint due to the fact that he smokes like a chimney and drinks like a sailor. He is muscular in a somewhat lean way.
Hi Ariaaaaaaaa!!!🥰 I hope I get the honor of being your first asker! 🥹🤞💕 questions for either/or of you lovely OCs, whether you want to answer for Aria, Riyuu, or both!!🥰
9. How are they mentally?😌
14. How do others perceive them? 👀
27. What is their room like?🛏️
31. What are their beliefs?💖
37. Is there hope for them?🙏
Thank you sm for your kind words earlier!!🥰hope these are fun for you!!💕💗💖
Hello my love!! How are you?? 🥰❤️✨you were not my first but you are first in my heart 😤❤️ LOL - you honour me by stopping by 😌 thank you so much!! For this ask, I’ll answer for both why not!
Both:
9. How are they mentally?
HAHAHAHAH -
Oh wait, you’re serious - alright let’s open the can of worms…
Aria: Mentioned this briefly in a previous ask on another question, but Aria’s representative of the Gifted Child -> Burnt Out Adult Pipeline, being Neurodivergent and neglected, with a dash of trauma has made her ‘mature’ faster than her peers, and only realise the depth of such later in her life.
Despite this, she tries every day to do her best, and sometimes that looks like just making sure she’s eaten something, drunk water, washed and dressed. And accepting that she cannot run at 100%, 100% of the time. Most of all, accepting that her worth is not based in her utility.
Only those she trusts deeply will be told of this, however on particularly tough days, signs will show more obviously as she has always found difficulty in hiding how she truly feels.
Riyuu: Riyuu had a deeply difficult childhood. He is also Neurodivergent, and displays signs of C-PTSD. (Complex PTSD, wherein the person has had a series of traumatic events spread out as opposed to just the one trauma, loosely - I’m no diagnostician lmao).
Unlike Aria, he has always been able to mask this very well. Anytime he experiences flashbacks or bouts of heightened emotion ‘seemingly out of nowhere,’ he’s somehow kept this fairly under the radar. Only really those very close to him are aware or this. Otherwise he is seen as cool as a cucumber, if not ‘a little ADHD’ with his apparent excess of (goofy and fun) energy.
It takes a lot to ‘break’ Riyuu, but the surefire way to is the loss of a true loved one. It’d take him 1000x the effort to piece himself back together again than it would to have fallen apart.
14. How do others perceive them?
Aria: Aria is kind of a tsun, but mostly very bright, bubbly and absolutely lights up any and every room she enters. Loud and strong in personality, but witty and brilliant, she attracts a genuine crowd and rejects ‘mean or pretentious people.’
She’s very popular, particularly for her kindness and talents. It doesn’t hurt that she’s very beautiful, but she’s not aware of just how much from unfortunate comments experienced growing up likely out of jealousy. She does not know she is half Veela, and is unaware of the effect she has on others and bringing people together.
A ‘do no harm, take no shit’ kind of person, she takes introverts under her wing constantly and is the first to announce ‘They said NO PICKLES! 😤-‘ for her friends! XDDD she is an absolute charmer 🥰❤️✨
Riyuu: Riyuu, by those who don’t know him, is perceived as a dark, mysterious bad boy who will chew you up and spit you out again- and you’d say thank you for it.
Whilst some of that may be true, once one gets to know him he is actually a bit of a party boy himbo with a heart of gold. He’s still a sex God and he knows it, but at least he’s fun and not an incel or arsehole LOL
Close friends and loved ones know the actual depth of his emotional intelligence, and deep love he holds for those he cares about, and even strangers in need. Which may come as an unexpected surprise to others. He cares little for how he is perceived.
27. What is their room like?
Aria: Her room is warm, cozy, with sherpa and soft blankets. Beautiful and soft fairy lights hung up delicately. Neutral in colour scheme with a dash of sequins, rose gold and the occasional and tasteful jewel colour. Plush and beautiful, elegant and timeless with an undeniably warmth.
Riyuu: Monochromatic, sharper edges and fewer items - minimalist, in fact. He rarely feels cold, and it shows. Not as well kept as Aria’s but not dirty, save for the occasional ciggy stubbed out on a nearby ash tray. Mostly black, grey, silver with the occasional pop of bright saturated colours such as tomato red from a band poster he finally hung up after having it in his possession for three years.
31. What are their beliefs?
Aria: Aria is not religious. She is undecided as to whether she may be agnostic or spiritual in any way, but she mostly sees herself as open minded, and that she is.
Aria’s core beliefs are her own strong moral compass of kindness, trust, compassion, loyalty, love, wisdom and growth, and leading with such in each decision and response. This means within herself as well when faced with the potential for animosity or manipulation of her offer of compassion.
Aria believes in people deserving a chance, though it takes a LOT for her to allow said chance if she finds you suspicious when it comes to anything personal about her or a potential relationship with her (even friendship). But she will generally always lead with civility and mostly kindness.
Riyuu: Riyuu is areligious as well. He loves a good ghost story but doesn’t believe himself to be particularly spiritual, though he too is open minded and accepting of others’ beliefs.
Riyuu’s core beliefs used to centre around self preservation, though now he has space for and the capacity for more emotionally open beliefs to take root within to lead his life with. Courage, sacrifice, love, trust, loyalty, understanding and family. In his case, being present essentially.
Riyuu is not as forgiving as Aria, and even Aria does not offer a second chance to betray her. Though she will walk away and never look back… Riyuu may hold a grudge, particularly if a betrayal occurred against someone he loved. Consider yourself marked should you cross him… ‘an eye for an eye’ are often words he lives by.
37. Is there hope for them?
Aria: Absolutely. She refuses to give up, even when fighting is just too hard, she never gives in. And surrounded by those who love her, unconditionally, has always helped.
Riyuu: He fears that he has done too much, seen too much. Though anyone willing to change for the better, trying to do better each day, deserves the chance. Having a chance is inherently, hope for him.
3, 17, 19, 20 for both Aria and Riyuu! (Sorry I’m so late, we had a party lol)
EMMAA 🥰❤️✨
No worries at all my love, it’s taken me ages to have the energy for these bad bois anyway LOL all the love!!
Both:
3. Who do they consider family?
Aria: Aria by the time we meet her in her story(stories) has lost her Mother, whom she held dear, but still has her Father in terms of blood relations. However I’m a big fan of found family, and Aria comes from a neglectful household in terms of her family. She loves her Father but their relationship is strained at best for the most part.
As to whom she considers family, Riyuu is an absolute. He is her other half of the coin, her platonic soulmate, her life long best friend and brother in every universe. Platonic soulmates are one of my all time favourite tropes and feel so rarely used, so I used it for them!
Riyuu: Riyuu in every universe so far has been an orphan his entire life. He took himself out of the system to take care of himself and, whilst to varying degrees, similarly with Aria lived on survival mode. I’ve dabbled with the idea of him having a particularly kind carer but them eventually separating for some reason- I need to expand on this!
There’s also a universe where he cares for an orphan little girl who was a friends daughter, he is the tired Dad trope of a sudden child that is not his LMAO
Otherwise, as with above, Aria is always an absolute. She is his sister and he will kill for her. He does NOT play when it comes to his family.
17. Who loves them?
Aria: In her HL canon, Aria’s endgame romantically is @elisalsaa’s Liam Sturton, a hot goofy Gryffindor man who WORSHIPS her like she DESERVES 😭❤️
She experiences other ‘loves’ whilst figuring things out and things out about herself etc, so there’s her Ex Jack who is a meany bo beanie we don’t like him he cheats BOOOO- and Sebastian where they have a sort of situation with tension but she realises her worth better and wants to be loved for real 😭❤️
Platonically, Aria is beloved by all who meet her. Bright bubbly funny and kind, good fun and a light to be around. This attracts many to her platonically or otherwise, but she is A-spec and Neurodivergent- so she rarely picks up on it unless it’s directly pointed out, but even then it takes some time to believe it for her.
Riyuu: In his HL canon, his endgame romantically is @elisalsaa’s Elisa Lennon. His soft Hufflepuff Princess who he loves getting to take care of 😭 because he feels best about himself when he can provide for those he loves, and each couple complements the other beautifully!
He spent most of his teens being seen as a playboy - which he was for a while, and enjoyed it. With a heart of gold, though. Everyone knew what they’d be in for, no one was led on. However he fell in love with a girl, Bea, who died protecting him. And for years he’d never loved romantically again. Until his S/O! (Both my babies have mulitple shippies because it’s fun! Lol)
Platonically, Aria of course, they love each other the most and are one another’s family. Otherwise Riyuu is beloved by all as well, in a slightly different way. He’s seen as sexy, dangerous and mysterious, people are magnetically drawn in by him. Unlike Aria, he knows it.
19. Worst thing they’ve done?
Aria: This is a tough one, but I think the worst thing she’s done or would do would be enable something her friends/loved ones have done if it’s like… law breaking or worse? I.e when Seb kills his Uncle in game, Aria wouldn’t give him up to the authorities because she wants to hold him accountable yes, but no child should be given to dementors in her opinion (nor in mine too tbh lol)
So I can’t picture her doing anything too badly herself but she is not likely to turn her friends into authorities for most ill doing.
Aria is not above going against the law - after all, slavery was legal in the muggle world - but anything above adventurous shenanigans of breaking and entering or destruction of property etc, seems unlikely. She would be a mostly peaceful protester, in line with or against the law.
Riyuu: It’s unknown even to Aria, but Riyuu has absolutely killed someone before. Maybe not on purpose, maybe indirectly- or absolutely with intent. Riyuu has blood on his hands maybe even before he meets her. He may tell her one day, but for now, no one left in his life is aware of the depth of his crimes before he became the man he is.
Riyuu would join a peaceful protest for Aria’s sake, though he is more likely to be a not so peaceful protester. Though he has grown from the life he used to lead, the man he used to be - he is not above killing if it means protecting his loved ones.
20. “In another universe…”
Both: Every single AU that I have written for, has the two of them together as family - I took it seriously when I said I loved found family and the platonic soulmates thing XDDD -
They have been my characters for about 6 years now and counting! HL was not their first fandom by any means. They have a Sengoku Japan AU, a DC AU, Angels and Demons, Vampires and Werewolves, Greek Gods -
My current fixation is musing a Hunger Games AU at the moment because of how near and dear the series is to me as a comfort series as well as how much I love it! So for this question, I’ll address the Hunger Games AU i’m musing for them.
My current favourite idea, is that Aria is essentially a version of Katniss Everdeen - she’s lowkey if she were Katniss and Peeta’s daughter LOL
Whereas Riyuu is very Finnick Odair coded, but with the deep friendship side of Katniss and Gale’s friendship with how long they’ve know each other - however the two have a Katniss and Finnick coded friendship overall.
I’ve mused several small ideas with some friendos and I love the idea of the two growing up together, going into separate games and Riyuu being a mentor - Aria being the Mockingjay 🥰❤️✨
8, 33 and 40 for Aria and 8, 13, 39 for riyuu!💞💞💞💞
WIFEEYYYY 🥰❤️✨ helluuurrrrr 👀
Anything for yeeewwwww ❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨
Both:
8. Who/What do they love most?
Aria: Who?: Her friends, without a shadow of a doubt. She is fiercely loyal and devoted to her loved ones, more so her friends. They are her family. And ofc, her partner as well ;))
Riyuu: Who?: Same as above, though his love isn’t as widely spread as Aria’s. A few select friends he sees as good as family.
Aria: What?: She loves exploring, singing sometimes a lil dance - she is v much my OC that explores caves and shit w Seb before he well.. has a turn in priorities shall we say 💀
Aria is an overachiever and all rounder - she LOVES Quidditch, and is Hufflepuff seeker and captain
Riyuu: What?: Riyuu could not be more opposite in some ways, they both love exploration but Aria loves the learning the thrill the adventure- Riyuu is reckless but brave and if he goes with Aria it’s mostly to admire where they are and make sure she’s safe
Riyuu isn’t academically inclined, but is sharp as a tack esp with street smarts. He is good at Quidditch but he doesnt take it seriously- he takes very little seriously LOL
Aria:
33. What are their eating habits?
Okay so she is ✨neurospicy ✨ like me pfft, so she either barely eats; as she will forget if she is in a zone of hyper focus, OR she’ll snack ‘cause she’s bored LOL
However Aria LOVES food, she is a right foodie and in her earlier conception she would love to cook etc but she’s more like me now and feels its tedium PFFT 💀 BUT she can bake and cook very well. In her AU with Liam she makes him eat veggies and makes them in yummy ways to make it easier LOL
40. As a kid, what did they want to be as they grew up?
Aria has the gifted child burnt out adult pipeline so she considered playing Quidditch professionally, but wanted to be a professional singer most of all. She considered teaching at Hogwarts but she doesn’t really want to - her most obvious dream going forward quickly morphed into a career in Curse Breaking, as she found so much joy and purpose in their cave explorations
Aria as a child wanted to make her parents proud but after her Mother passed especially, and she realised her situation she’s in, she quickly focused on what made her happy instead.
Riyuu:
13. What’s their favourite sound?
In terms of music, my boy is a rock n’ roll metal head, classic 70s/80s rock is especially his vibe but in the HL verse I haven’t thought of it yet I need to brush up on my music history XDDD
Otherwise, Riyuu loves the sound of a guitar. The sound of the waves rolling upon the sand or crashing violently against the rocks. The sound of the birds in an otherwise quiet morning - for his moments of peace.
His MAIN favourite sound is a fucking good party that he likely instigated LOL
39. How do they handle stress?
Depending on what the stress is- Riyuu is excellent in a crisis. Very calm, efficient and quick to act. If a friend is injured or bleeding in some capacity, he is quick to get them to safety and bandage them up.
If its school stress, he fucks off to have a ciggy in the stands on the Quidditch pitch on his own for a bit, accepting the odd bit of company.
If anything bad were to happen to Aria, who is his only family left as a psuedo sister. He would NOT handle it well at all.
SORRY LOL I’m very late to replying to things again, I am gonna try my best to answer asks and such, ALL the love 🥰❤️✨
Sincerely,
A neurodivergent burnt out moot PFFT 💀
God dammit this is getting ridiculous 💀
I’ve been utterly at the mercy of my Hunger Games brainrot (THG AUs of the babies included lmao)
And I will DIE on this hill: Sebastian would make an excellent Gale imo
SORRY LOL I’m very late to replying to things again, I am gonna try my best to answer asks and such, ALL the love 🥰❤️✨
Sincerely,
A neurodivergent burnt out moot PFFT 💀